Ogishkemuncie Lake in Lake County: How and When to Fish It

• Overview

  Out in Lake County, Minnesota, sits Ogishkemuncie Lake. What surrounds it is pine and birch. Roughly 769 acres of surface: treat each bay as a water in its own right. The perimeter runs near 5.8 miles, so plan the walk before you start. It ranks high for size among our Lake County listings. Supplies mean a trip to Ely, 39 miles off. For a city, Thunder Bay is 86 miles off. No boundary runs near, so the county rules hold throughout.

• Where to Fish on Ogishkemuncie Lake

  Depth went unrecorded, which puts the reading back on you. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. Look for the band where the shallows give up and the bottom falls away. Records held for Lake County cover white sucker, yellow perch, northern pike, rainbow trout and walleye. What holds for the county may not hold for this water. Fish Ogishkemuncie Lake to its features, not to its size.

• Seasonal Patterns

  In an average year July sits at 65°F and January at 4°F. The year runs cold to warm and back, with clear transitions. Count the season from break-up, usually late April. Open water usually runs from late April until about late November. The middle of summer slows a little, with dawn and dusk carrying it. Ogishkemuncie Lake runs to that rhythm year in and year out.

• Tackle & Baits

  Access status is simply unknown for this water. Records list it as a natural water body rather than an impoundment. A campsite is mapped about half a mile away, which makes an early start easier. Largemouth respond to soft plastics tight to cover; go weedless where the growth is heavy. Bank access can be seasonal on ground like this. Close seasons apply to some species and not others. For a change of water, Spice Lake is 0.7 miles distant. Check the current arrangement for Ogishkemuncie Lake.